so you guys i'm standing in the kitchen the other night talking to mrs. drome. dishwasher is running. 1 minute left on the cycle. a half hour later, 1 minute left on the cycle. that just ain't right. so i go to the interwebs and start with the google. they say it's probably the control board, and some times it's just a busted solder. so man i bust it open and get the board out. well man maybe the solder was bad, but i can't tell 'cause everything is black. like burnt black. i mean the ribbon wire attached to it has melted and wires are exposed burnt black. ok, so i can get a new assembly for it for... what? $200? man i probably paid $300 for this thing 10+ years ago. so guess what? i tell mrs. drome we're going shopping. now we got a new dishwasher, and i get to put it in tonight. but man there's a bit of a problem. about 4 years ago we put in hardwood floors. and we didn't pull the dishwasher when we did it. so man i don't know if i can get the old one out and new one in without lifting the whole countertop. but i know i can do this one. it ain't dangerous like that garage door spring, so i'm not paying somebody else to do it.
and you know what else? i know i can do it without a fatty. not that there's any question about that. so i guess the day 1900 gift is a new dishwasher. even if i got it a few days early.